DAYTON — A leader in the trauma program at Dayton Children’s said the hospital is seeing a surge in severe burn cases. Since Memorial Day, the hospital has admitted nine patients for campfire ...

MassDEP and local fire departments have certain limits on open burning, including bonfires and in fire pits, in Massachusetts.

If you get burned by a fire pit or campfire, you will end up with a thermal burn, which makes up 85% of all burn injuries, according to Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America.